I haven’t exactly been hiding, but I have been way off the grid for about a week and a half while photographing with a group of friends at a beautiful Sierra Nevada back-country location. I returned very early this morning to find that a number of people have left comments here at the blog. Thanks for that! As soon as I have a chance to file through all of them (and dismiss the portion captured by the spam trap!) I will try to comment and respond where appropriate.